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(No Model.)

W. H. DYE.

HAND TRUCK.

No. 454,461. Patented June 23, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM I'I. DYE, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT ANDMESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF THREE-FOURTIIS TO ELLA J. PATNODE AND FRANK K.\VADE.

HAND-TRUCK.

SJPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 454,461, dated June23, 1891.

Application filed January 9, 1891.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. DYE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHand-Trucks; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention is a hand-truck; and it has for its object to improvethat class of trucks in which the platform is raised wit-h a load to bedelivered to a wagon or other place and the platform is braced andstayed in such position until the load has been removed.

The invention will be fully understood from the following descriptionand claims when taken in connection with the accompanying 2o drawings,in Which- Figure 1 is aside elevation of my improved truck in a closedposition or form to be used as an. ordinary truck. Fig. 2 is a plan viewof the same; and Fig. 3 is aperspective View of the truck, showing itsplatform elevated as if it contained a barrel or the like to be placedin a wagon.

Referring by letter to said drawings, A indicates the main frame, whichmay be of any 0 ordinary or approved construction.

B indicates the brace-frame, which is composed of two straight bars aat, having stops or hook-shaped lugs 12 on their under sides and atcorresponding opposite points. This 3 5 brace or rack frame B is pivotedat its forward end to side beams of the platform-frame, and preferablyon the inner sides thereof, by a transverse rod 0, as shown, wherebysaid frame may be free to hinge with respect to the platform.

D indicates the leg-frame. This frame is composed of two parallel barspivoted at one end to the rear end of the platform-frame, and preferablyby means of a transverse rod,

5 so that frame may also hinge on the platform-frame and fold with thebrace-frame against the under side of the platform. This leg-framecarries at its opposite or outer end the usual truck-wheels F.

At a suitable distance from the wheels F, I

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attach to the frame D the forward ends of the handle G, and also connectsaid frame D, at a suitable point from its opposite end, with saidhandles by means of links or straps 0.

II indicates a bar for sustaining the forward end of the truck in anelevated position. This bar, which has its forward end curved, as shownat (Z, is supported in guide-loopseand f, which depend from suitablecross-bars of the platform-frame. This bar 11 is also provided atopposite ends with laterally-projecting stops g, which by striking thedepending guide-loops in the cross-bars are prevented from leaving theplatform-frame. By the use of this bar it will be seen that when pushedforwardly in the loops and the forward end of the truck elevated, sothat the curved end of the bar will bear upon the fioor or ground, itwill sustain the truck in such elevated position.

It will be observed that the hook-lugs on the brace-frame are directedrearwardly, and they are to engage the transverse rod h, which pivotallyconnects the lower ends of the handles with the wheel or leg-frame.

In operation it will be seen that when a barrel or other article hasbeen placed upon the truck in the ordinary manner, said truck, being inthe position shown in Fig. 1, may be used to move theload in the usualwell-known way; but when it is desirable to place the load into a wagonor other vehicle it is simplynecessary by the manipulation of thehandles, with one foot on the cross-bar of the frame, to move the le-frame and brace-frame with respect to each other, so as to bring thede-,

sired lugs 11 of said braee-frame into engagement with the rod h,connecting the handles, when the platform will be raised horizontally tothe altitude desired, as she vn in Fig. 3, and then by sliding the barII forwardly it may be made to bear with its forward end upon the groundand sustain the elevated truck in position while the load is beingremoved from the platform.

While I have described very specifically the parts in the exactconstruction and connections shown, yet I do not wish to limit myself tothe exact shape, size, and arrangement of the parts, as I am aware thatsome changes IOO might be made without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

1. An elevating-truck comprising, in :combination, essentially thefollowing elements:

a platform, a leg-frame carrying wheels at one,

end and pivoted at its opposite end to the 10 rear portion of theplatform, handles attached I 5 the platform, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the platform, of the brace-frame pivoted to theforward side thereof, so as to fold beneath said frame, and having theengaging lugs, the leg-frame car- 20 rying wheels at one end and pivotedat its opposite end to the rear portion of the platform, so as to alsofold beneath the same, the handles secured to the leg-frame by atransverse rod, and straps connecting said handles with the leg-frame,substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the platform, of the depending guide loopssecured to the crossbars thereof, the supporting -bar ar ranged in saidloops and having its forward end curved downwardly and provided withstops at opposite ends, a leg-frame carrying rollers and pivoted at oneend to the plat form, and the handles secured to the legframe,snlostantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. DYE; Witnesses:

D. D. WEBSTER, J. W. Parsons.

